Artist Statement

Edel Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1971. He was raised in El Gabriel, a small farm town surrounded by fields of tobacco and sugar cane. In 1980, Rodriguez and his family boarded a boat and left for America during the Mariel boatlift. They settled in Miami where Rodriguez was introduced to and influenced by American pop culture for the first time. Social justice, poster art, and western advertising are all aspects of his life that continue to inform his work. Recently, Rodriguez’s work has focused on the political issues of our time.Resist. references some of the dangers faced by our country at this time—how a nation built on immigration must stand up for the rights of new immigrants seeking the American dream.

Throughout his career, Rodriguez has received commissions to create artwork for numerous book publishers, advertising agencies, and editorial publications. He is a regular contributor to the The New York Times Op Ed page and The New Yorker magazine. He has created over a hundred newspaper and magazine covers for clients such as TIME Magazine, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, The Nation, The New Republic, and The Village Voice. Rodriguez's artwork is in the collections of a variety of institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., as well as in numerous private collections. His work has received a variety of awards from The Art Director’s Club and The Society of Illustrators in New York City.

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

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Edel Rodriguez

Edel
Rodriguez
is
a
Cuban
American
artist
whose
work
is
regularly
published
by
some
of
the
world’s
top
publications,
such
at
TIME,
Newsweek,
The
New
Yorker
and
Der
Spiegel.
He
is
a
regular
contributor
to
The
New
York
Times
Op
Ed
page
and
has
exhibited
internationally
with
shows
in
the
United
States,
Europe
and
Latin
America.
Edel
Rodriguez
was
born
in
Havana,
Cuba
in
1971.
He
was
raised
in
El
Gabriel,
a
small
farm
town
south
of
Havana.
In
1980,
Rodriguez
and
his
family
boarded
a
boat
and
left
for
America
during
the
Mariel
boatlift.
They
settled
in
Miami
where... Read More

Rodriguez
was
introduced
to
and
influenced
by
American
pop
culture
for
the
first
time.
In
1994,
Rodriguez
graduated
from
Pratt
Institute
in
Brooklyn,
NY,
and
later
earned
an
MFA
at
Hunter
College
in
Manhattan.
Throughout
his
career,
Rodriguez
has
received
commissions
to
create
artwork
for
numerous
book
publishers
and
advertising
agencies.
He
has
illustrated
over
a
hundred
magazine
covers,
created
numerous
book
covers
for
clients
such
as
Simon
&
Schuster
and
Peguin
Random
House,
and
has
created
advertising
campaigns
for
clients
such
as
Nespresso,
Ray
Ban,
and
Chanel.
Rodriguez
has
illustrated
nine
children’s
books,
two
of
which
he
has
written.
He
has
created
several
stamps
for
the
U.S.
Postal
Service
and
has
illustrated
poster
and
advertising
campaigns
for
many
operas,
films,
and
Broadway
shows.
His
work
has
received
numerous
awards
from
The
Art
Director’s
Club
and
The
Society
of
Illustrators,
and
is
in
the
collection
of
the
Smithsonian
Institute
in
Washington
D.C.